Three Little Sew and Sews is the thirty-sixth Columbia Pictures short subject starring the Three Stooges.
Plot[]
The Stooges are sailors employed in a ships' tailor shop. The three steal some officers' uniforms in order to go ashore. While pretending to be an Admiral, Curly and his "aides" (Moe and Larry) are tricked into stealing a submarine by a pair of spies. The Stooges eventually capture the spies, but whilst reenacting the capture for the real Admiral, Curly accidentally detonates a bomb. The last scene shows the Stooges as Angels being "pursed" by the angry Admiral/Devil.
Cast[]
- Moe Howard as Moe
- Larry Fine as Larry
- Curly Howard as Curly
- Vernon Dent as Party Guest
- Phyllis Barry as Miss Olga Arvin
- Harry Semels as Count Alfred Gehrol
Notes[]
- The title Sew and Sew is a play on "so and so," a softly worded insulting term for a person.
- This is one of several Stooge shorts in which a sofa spring manages to become attached to someone's backside. This gag was also used in Hoi Polloi, An Ache in Every Stake, Hugs and Mugs and Have Rocket, Will Travel.
- "The submarine jump like a dolphin" gag footage were later re-used in They Stooge to Conga (1943).
- This is the last Three Stooges entry to utilize "Listen to the Mockingbird" for the opening and closing.
- This also the only short use this theme in 1939.
Goofs[]
- When Curly opens the top of the sub, the strings directing the torpedoes become visible.
- Strings are also clearly visible in the final scene where the Stooges have become angels
- At the beginning of the short, you can hear the director telling Curly to get out of the tub.